AN ENAMELLED AND GEM SET FLYWHISK

DECCAN OR NORTH INDIA, 1675-1725

Details

AN ENAMELLED AND GEM SET FLYWHISK
DECCAN OR NORTH INDIA, 1675-1725
Set with diamonds, rubies and emeralds
8 ¾ ins. (22 cm.) long

Literature

Jaffer 2013, p.106, no.40

Exhibited

The Miho Museum, Koka 2016, p.95, no.65
Grand Palais, Paris 2017, p.171, no.130
The Doge’s Palace, Venice 2017, p.195, no.131
The Palace Museum, Beijing 2018, p.220, no.135
de Young Legion of Honor, San Francisco 2018, p. 177, no. 80

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Lot Essay

A very similar flywhisk in terms of proportion, stones and coloring, is in the al-Sabah Collection (LNS 1805 J; Keene and Kaoukji, 2001, no.6.50, p.83). That example, lacking the lattice design that encloses the present flowerheads, is attributed by the authors probably to Hyderabad, and dated to the 18th century.

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